"Criminals Beware" was an overall okay read. It didn't quite meet my expectations from reading the synopsis and wasn't really my cup of tea.

Daniel Archer has come to San Diego to manage a hotel there. He is invited to a party and meets the beautiful and intriguing Gabrielle Roussade. After the party a guest is murdered and Archer had a vision of the murder. How did he have the vision and what does it mean for him.

This was an interesting read but not quite what I was expecting, I thought it was more of a murder mystery but it has a very paranormal feel. It focuses more on Gabrielle and Daniel than the murders. That being said I enjoyed the setting and the atmosphere created. I liked Daniel as well. The plot was quite slow but built to an interesting ending. I did guess who the murderer was though. Maybe not the book for me but it was well written.

this was a great start in the series, I liked the characters and I really enjoyed the plot and reading it. I loved the mystery and horror combination as I think they work really well together in the book.

I really struggled to get into this book. Flat characterisation (which isn't bad, but they didn't really seem to....evolve as the book went on) and though the storyline was interesting, there were so many places that I felt it was let down. It was an OK book, and I'd be happy to read the next ones in the series if I had nothing else on, but I won't be rushing to grab them. They're not so bad that I wouldn't read more, but they're not so compelling that I have to have them, unlike others I've seen on here.

Criminal Beware is my first book by Joseph Stone. Though I liked the premise of this book some things were missing for me.
1. The process of becoming a Lycan is only very vaguely explained. It definitely need some serious explaining because these Lycans seem very interesting and something new.
2. Character development: well I couldn’t detect any. The main character Daniel seems nice but that is all. Gabrielle has potential, she must have some pretty crazy past but only bits are revealed in the first book.
3. The description says the story focuses on a couple of murders, a city gripped by terror but these murders were only in the background, the prepetrator and the cause explained awyay in a couple of sentences. Instead there were chapters upon chapters about what Daniel does during his days and his pining for Gabrielle.

All in all ths way an okay story and could get better later in the series.

Thank you to NeGalley and the publisher for my copy. All opinions are my own.